📘📙Fan Fiction Recommendations📙📘 Mod note: P2 - Page 3

Story Title*: Love is Courage

Author (User Name)*:  DreamOfEndless

Status*: Ongoing

Type*: Ficlet

Genre: 

Maturity rating*: G

Link to the story*: https://www.indiaforums.com/fanfiction/1529

Short Review: a beautiful collection of beautiful stories to read about the LGBTQAI+ community. DreamOfTheEndless' maturity and sensitivity wrapped with her beautiful words makes this a must read!

Story Title*: Pallavi

Author (User Name)*: JalebiJane

Status*: Abandoned (incomplete even with chapters 36-46 on author's now-defunct website)

Type*: FF

Genre: Romance, Suspense, Family Drama

Fandom: Pallavi and Raghav from Mehandī Hai Racanevālī

Maturity rating*: M (or whatever rating allows occasional misogynistic slurs and curse words)

Link to the story*: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/5218751

Short Review: Pallavi disguises herself to investigate Raghav's possession of the green diamond ring from her inheritance. Coincidentally, Raghav's efforts to look after his estranged sister Kirti reach a breakthrough when Kirti finds work with Pallavi. I admire the author's ability to sustain both suspense and amusement with concise writing and an engaging style. The lead characters are both more human than on the show. Subplots and supporting characters are all cleverly presented. I learned Telugu kinship terms for my own fan fictions from this story, and its influence on my headcanon is so strong that I copied an original character from it, thinking that he was mentioned on the show. Since the author left India Forums twenty months ago and I can't tag her, I request FFEditors to migrate this story.

I noticed that this story of mine is featured right now, so I'm writing its recommendation.

Story Title*: Hasta-prāpya-stabaka-namito bāla-Mandāra-vṛkṣaḥ (The young Mandar-tree burdened with flowers within hand's reach)

Author (User Name)*: BrhannadaArmour

Status*: Ongoing

Type*: FF

Genre: Suspense, Romance, Family

Fandom: Pallavi, Raghav, Farhad, and radically different character of Mandar from Mehandī Hai Racanevālī

Maturity rating*: G

Link to the story*: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/5249336 and https://www.indiaforums.com/fanfiction/1763

Short Review: I decided to write Mandar as the honourable, lovable man that Pallavi chose to marry, but secretly gay and in conversion therapy with amnesia while presumed dead. Mandar's return prompts Raghav to tell Pallavi that he loves her, but Pallavi cannot forget the trauma of Raghav tying her up in front of a truck, lying to destroy her relationship with Mandar's family, and protecting his sister Kirti for the hit-and-run that injured Mandar. Farhad, Raghav's only friend, who is proudly out to everyone except Raghav, helps Mandar to understand Raghav and solve the conspiracy that took Mandar from his family. Raghav tries to redeem himself for Pallavi and protect her from his misdeeds, but the story takes many twists and turns. My readers tell me that they like my characters' humanity and family relationships, the plot's unpredictability, complexity, and mix of tragic and comedic scenes, and the research I put into the legal and medical details.

Story Title*: Disguise King

Author (User Name)*: unicornwriter

Status*: Completed

Type*: FF

Genre: Comedy

Fandom: Raghav and Pallavi from Mehandī Hai Racanevālī

Maturity rating*: G

Link to the story*: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/5226605

Short Review: Stressed-out Pallavi parts ways with Raghav on their forced honeymoon and fumes next to an old man. This story needs proofreading, but it's enjoyable due to the accurate characterization, apt allusions to incidents from the show, and clever irony. Since the author hasn't visited India Forums in three months, I request FFEditors to migrate this story.

Story Title*: Soulmates

Author (User Name)*: Elvish_Hobbit

Status*: Complete

Type*: FF

Genre: Romance

Fandom: Ishaani & Ranveer from Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi

Maturity rating*: R

Link to the story*:

https://www.indiaforums.com/fanfiction/2403

Short Review: 

This is a story of unrequited love, loss, friendship and rediscovering one's true self. A tale where we get to understand the true meaning of being someone's soulmate. I fell in love with this story because of its simplistic approach while navigating the complexities of relationships. I hope others will enjoy the story just as much as I did. 

Story Title*: Sanātana Kapila Vāsudeva - A Mahābhārata-Rāmāyaṇa Time Travel Crossover

Author (User Name)*: BrhannadaArmour

Status*: Complete

Type*: FF

Genre: Mythological, Science Fiction, LGBTQ+ Love Story

Fandom: Myths from Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa

Maturity rating*: G

Link to the story*: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/5344139 (This link will work after you use the link in my signature to join the Saṃskṛta Text Discussion Forum.)

The story is also a chapter in this book:

https://www.indiaforums.com/fanfiction/chapter/45579

Short Review: I organized a writing event called Plotholes & Prompts, in which each story would attempt to resolve a contradiction between two excerpts of original Saṃskṛta text from either Mahābhārata or Rāmāyaṇa. My first story for this event explains how Kapila Vāsudeva, born in Kṛṣṇa's time, could be responsible for incinerating the sons of Sagara, an ancestor of Rāma. What I like about my story is its juxtaposition of different myths with the same motifs, giving the reader a lot to analyze. I enjoyed imagining personalities and life stories for characters who are hardly more than names in the original texts, and trying to present authentic religious beliefs for their period.

Story Title*: Ehi Murare

Author (User Name)*: proteeti (wayward, metacrisis)

Status*: Completed

Type*: FF

Genre: Mythological, Romance, Devotional

Fandom: Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva, Rukmiṇī, Jāmbavatī, Satyabhāmā, Kālindī, Mitravindā, Satyā, Bhadrā, Lakṣmaṇā, and other characters from Bhāgavatapurāṇa

Maturity rating*: G

Link to the story*: https://www.indiaforums.com/fanfiction/407

Short Review: proteeti has brought out the unique characters of Kṛṣṇa's eight wives with superb storytelling of how each heroine marries him from her point of view. Rukmiṇī's imaginative nature and faith, Jāmbavatī's soul-searching, Satyabhāmā's complexity and generosity, Kālindī's playful irreverence, Mitravindā's timid nature, Satyā's devotion, Bhadrā's observant nature, and Lakṣmaṇā's sarcasm are all portrayed expertly by this talented and well-read author. While proteeti's original ideas are brilliant, and her attention to geographical and atmospheric details is admirable, I especially love the wealth of allusions that she works into her stories.

This story's first chapter was my first post on India Forums. I am inviting other authors and readers to recommend their favourite stories.

Story Title*: Antarāya-timir'opaśāntaye (To Resolve the Darkness of Obstacles)

Author (User Name)*: BrhannadaArmour

Status*: Ongoing

Type*: FF

Genre: Suspense, Love Story

Fandom: Pallavi and Raghav from Mehandī Hai Racanevālī

Maturity rating*: G

Link to the story*: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/topic/5241612 and https://www.indiaforums.com/fanfiction/1792

Short Review: As Pallavi and Raghav prepare to welcome their first child, they reminisce about the enmity that made them a couple, and share old promises that will shape their future. Anonymous threatening messages and disturbing memories compete for Raghav's attention. My readers' reactions range from "such a different and yet completely fair insight" to "the perfect mix of inner struggle and external struggle" to "I literally cried."